News arrived a few days ago that Nas would be releasingIllmatic XX, a reissue celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album. On the reported tracklist, a handful of unreleased cuts appeared, including a “Stink Mix” to the album’s breakthrough single, “It Ain’t Hard To Tell.” Today, we get to hear that joint while we wait for one other version of the song, dubbed “The Laidback Remix,” to find its way to listening ears.

Just can’t see myself purchasing this tape. Only selling point is most likely the quality of the tracks (disc 2 tracks ofc) and it being the 20th Anniversary. Pretty much a throwaway since everything on disc 2 has been released in some form already. I’ll await the documentary though.